UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

James J. Pilla, Ph.D.



Education
1976-81 B.S. Temple University (Biomedical Engineering)
1984-88 M.S. Rutgers University (Biomedical Engineering)
1989-95 Ph.D. Rutgers University (Biomedical Engineering)


Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
1989-90 Research Fellow, Medical Image Processing Group, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1991-95 Research Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway
1996-97 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia


Faculty Appointments:
2001- Present Research Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2003- PresentResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1999- 01Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1999- 01Research Assistant Professor (Adjunct Appointment) Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1997-99Instructor, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia


Hospital and Administrative Appointments:
1996.99Supervisor Cardiothoracic Research Laboratories

Memberships in Professional Scientific Societies:
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (Member)
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) (Member)
American Society of Hypertension (ASH) (Member)
American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) (Member)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (Member)

Lectures by Invitation:
April, 1997"MR Compatible System to Evaluate Cardiomyoplasty" Harrison Department of Surgical Research Conference.
June, 1997"Calibrated Cuff Plethysmography: A Novel Device to Determine Arterial Compliance" Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Conference.
June, 1998"Determination of Brachial Artery Properties Using Calibrated Cuff Plethysmography" Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Conference.
Dec. 1998 "Surgical and Mechanical Therapies for the Treatment of Heart Failure" Cardiac Mechanics Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Jan. 2000 "Evaluation of Cardiac Function Using MRI" Critical Care Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine.
Feb. 2000 "Surgical Therapies for the Treatment of Heart Failure" Critical Care Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine.
April 2001 "Surgical Therapies for the Treatment of Heart Failure" Invited Lecturer, University of London, School of Medicine.
March 2002 "Mechanically Decreasing Myocardial Wall Stress Improves Cardiac Function in a Model of Acute Infarction" Invited Lecturer, GlaxoSmithKline.
March 2002 Mechanically Decreasing Myocardial Wall Stress Improves Cardiac Function in a Model of Acute Infarction" Invited Lecturer, Medical University of South Carolina.


Bibliography:

Research Publications peer reviewed:

  1. Drzewiecki G, Pilla JJ, Welkowitz W: "Design and Control of the Atrio-Aortic Left Ventricular Assist Device Based on O2 Consumption", IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. BME-37, pp. 128-137, 1990.
  2. Drzewiecki G, Pilla JJ, Fields S, Li J K-J: "Pressure-Area Curve of the Brachial Artery with Alterations in Smooth Muscle Tone", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 23, pp. S-38, 1995.
  3. Patel, HJ, Polidori DP, Pilla JJ, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty Improves Ventricular Function", Surgical Forum 47:251-53, 1996.
  4. Patel, HJ, Polidori DP, Pilla JJ, Plappert T, Kass D, St. John Sutton M, Lankford EB, Acker MA, "Stabilization of Chronic Remodeling by Asynchronous Cardiomyoplasty in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: The Effects of a Conditioned Wrap", Circulation 96(10) 3665-71, 1997.
  5. Patel, HJ, Lankford EB, Polidori DP, Pilla JJ, Acker MA: "Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty: Insights into the Mechanisms of its Success", Basic and applied Myology, 7(1):5-7, 1997.
  6. Patel, HJ, Lankford EB, Polidori DP, Pilla JJ, Plappert T, St. John Sutton M, Acker MA: "Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty: Its Chronic and Acute Effects on the Failing Heart", J Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 114(2) 169-78, 1997.
  7. Drzewiecki G, Pilla JJ: "Noninvasive Measurement of the Brachial Artery Pressure-Area Relation in Collapse and Hypertension" Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 26:965-974, 1998.
  8. Patel HJ, Pilla JJ, Polidori DP, Pusca SV, Plappert T, Kass D, St. John Sutton M, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Modified rapid ventricular pacing: A chronic model of heart failure for evaluation of new surgical therapies", ASAIO Journal 44(6):799-803, 1998.
  9. Pilla JJ, Pusca SV, Blom AS, Patel HJ, Ferrari VA, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Axel L, Acker MA: "Determination of global function and regional mechanics of dynamic cardiomyoplasty using magnetic resonance imaging", ASAIO Journal ,44:M491- 495, 1998.
  10. Patel, HJ, Pilla JJ, Polidori DP, St. John Sutton M, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Long term cardiomyoplasty improves chronic and acute myocardial energetics in a model of left ventricular dysfunction", Circulation 98(19):II346-51, 1998.
  11. Patel, HJ, Pilla, JJ, Pusca, SV, Blom, AS, Lankford, EB, Acker, MA. Impact of Beat to Beat Skeletal Muscle Assistance on Chronic Left Ventricular Function in Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty. Surgical Forum:49;241-243,1998.
  12. Drzewiecki G, Pilla JJ, Li J K-J: "The Importance of Large Artery Pressure-Area Curve Changes in Hypertension Studied With a Closed-Loop Circulatory Model", International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, Special Edition on Cardiovascular Modeling 19(1):52-60, 1999.
  13. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Pusca SV, Patel HJ, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Acker MA: "Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty Decreases Myocardial Workload as Assessed by Tissue Tagged MRI", ASAIO Journal 46:556-562, 2000.
  14. Patel HJ, Pilla JJ, Polidori DJ, Pusca SV, Plappert TA, St. John Sutton M, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Ten Weeks of Rapid Ventricular Pacing Creates a Chronic Model of Left Ventricular Dysfunction", J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 119,4:834-41, 2000.
  15. Yuan, Qing, Axel, Leon, Hernandez, Eduardo H., Dougherty, Lawrence, Pilla JJ, Scott, Craig H., Ferrari, Victor A., Blom, Aaron S. Cardiac-Respiratory Gating Method for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart. Magn. Reson. Med. 43(2):314-8, 2000.
  16. Pusca SV, Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Patel HJ, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Prood C, Axel L, Acker MA: Direct Mechanical Ventricular Actuation (DMVA): Assessment of Direct Mechanical Ventricular Actuation in a Canine Model of Left Ventricular Dysfunction, ASAIO Journal 46(6):756-760, 2000.
  17. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Brockman DJ, Bowen F, Yuan Q, Giammarco J, Ferrari VA, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. "Ventricular Constraint Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Reduces Myocardial Akinetic Area in an Ovine Model of Acute Infarction". Circulation Sept 24;106(12 Suppl I):1207-11, 2002.
  18. Pilla, JJ, Blom, AS, Brockman, DJ, Yuan, Q, Acker, MA. Mechanical Ventricular Constraint Improves Myocardial Function in a Model of Heart Failure Secondary to Acute Infarction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126:1467-76.
  19. Blom, Aaron S., Axel, Leon, Kraitchman, Dara L., Giammarco, Joseph G., Ferrari, Victor A., Pilla JJ. 3-D Registration of Ex Vivo Specimens with In Vivo MR Images. Submitted: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, April, 2003.
  20. Blom, Aaron S., Mukherjee, Rupak, Pilla, JJ., Lowry, Abigail S., Yarbrough, William M., Mingoia, Joseph T., Hendrick, Jennifer W., Stroud, Robert E., McLean, Julie E., Affuso, John, Gorman, Robert C., Acker, Michael A., Spinale, Francis G. A Cardiac Device Modifies Left Ventricular Geometry and Myocardial Structure Following Myocardial Infarction. In Press, Circulation. 2005.
  21. Pilla JJ., Song, Hee Kwon, Dougherty Lawrence, Blom, Aaron S. Dynamic KWIC Applied to First-Pass Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Submitted, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2006.
  22. Pilla,JJ., Blom, Aaron S., Gorman, Joseph H., Brockman, Daniel J., Affuso, John, Parish, Landi, Sakamoto, Hiroaki, Jackson, Benjamin M., Acker, Michael A., Gorman, Robert C. Early Post Infarction Ventricular Restraint Improves Borderzone Wall Thickening Dynamics during Remodeling. In Press, Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2005


Abstracts:

  1. Drzewiecki G, Pilla JJ, Li J K-J: "Occlusive Cuff Measurement of Pressure Dependent Brachial Artery Compliance Evaluation with Pulse Wave Velocity", Proceedings of the Tenth Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, pp. 62A, 1995.
  2. Patel, HJ, Polidori DP, Pilla JJ, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Beneficial Effects of Long Term Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty on Chronic and Acute Myocardial Energetics", The American Heart Association 70th Scientific Session, Orlando, FL, November 1997.
  3. Patel, HJ, Pilla JJ, Polidori DP, Plappert T, St. John Sutton M, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Rapid Ventricular Pacing: A Long Term Model of Heart Failure", PA Assoc. for Thoracic Surgery , Quebec City, Canada, September 1997.
  4. Patel, HJ, Pilla JJ, Polidori DP, Plappert T, St. John Sutton M, Lankford EB, Acker MA: "Long Term Effects of Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty in a Chronic Model Of Left Ventricular Dysfunction", The American College of Surgeons 83rd Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, October 1997.
  5. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Dougherty L, Patel HJ, Pusca SV, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Acker MA, Axel L: "Assessment of dynamic cardiomyoplasty mechanics during MRI with tissue tagging", SCMRI in Collaboration with AHA, Atlanta GA, January 1998.
  6. Blom AS, Axel L, Kraitchman DL, Giammarco J, Ferrari VA, Pilla JJ: "3D Registration of ex-vivo specimens with in-vivo MR imaging", ISMRM, Sydney, 1998.
  7. Pilla JJ, Drzewiecki G: "Calibrated Cuff Plethysmography: A Device to Measure Arterial Compliance", Proceedings of the Thirty First Annual AAMI Meeting and Exposition, Invited Abstract, 1998.
  8. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Patel H, Pusca S, Ferrari V, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Axel L, Acker M. Determination of global function and regional mechanics of dynamic cardiomyoplasty using magnetic resonance imaging. American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, (Poster) New York, April 1998.
  9. Patel HJ, Pilla JJ, Pusca S, Blom AS, Lankford EB, Acker MA. Impact of Beat-to-Beat Skeletal Muscle Assistance on Chronic Left Ventricular Function in Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty. American College of Surgeons 84th Clinical Congress, Orlando FL, October 1998.
  10. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Pusca SV, Patel HJ, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Acker MA, Axel L. Effect of Skeletal Muscle Assistance on Left Ventricular Function: Assessment using MR Tissue-tagging. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2:1316, 1998
  11. Dougherty L, Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Acker MA. 3D Multiphase MR Tagged Imaging of Canine Cardiomyoplasty. Accepted for presentation, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers conference on Bioengineering. December, 1998
  12. Blom AS, Pilla, JJ, Dougherty, L, Patel, HJ, Pusca, SV, Yuan, Q, Ferrari, VA, Acker, MA, Axel, L Assessment of Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty Mechanics using MRI with Tissue Tagging. J Cardiovacs Magn Reson. 1998;1(1):65
  13. Blom, A.S., Axel, L, Kraitchman, D.L., Giammarco, J, Pilla JJ, Ferrari, V. 3-D Registration of ex vivo specimens with in vivo MR images. J Cardiovasc. Magn. Reson 1(3):28;1999.
  14. Pilla JJ, Patel HJ, Pusca SV, Blom AS, Ferrari VA, Yuan Q, Axel L, Acker MA: "MRI Compatible Gating System for Cardiac Imaging", J Cardiovasc. Magn. Reson 1(3):271-272;1999.
  15. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Dougherty, L., Patel HJ, Pusca SV, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Acker MA, Axel L: "Effects of Skeletal Muscle Assistance on Cardiac Function as Assessed by Tissue-Tagged MRI ", J Cardiovasc. Magn. Reson 1(3):268-269:1999.
  16. Pusca SV, Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Patel HJ, Prood C, Yuan Q, Giammarco J, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Acker MA: Determination of the Acute Effects of Direct Mechanical Ventricular Activation (DMVA) on the Beating Heart using MRI ", Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Collaboration with the AHA. January, 1999.
  17. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Patel HJ, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Acker MA. Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty Decreases Left Ventricular Long Axis Strain. Accepted, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. January, 1999.
  18. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Patel HJ, Axel L, Acker MA. MR Compatible Gating System for Imaging Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty and Cardiac Pacing. Accepted, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. January, 1999.
  19. Pusca SV, Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Patel HJ, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Prood C, Axel L, Acker MA. Direct Mechanical Ventricular Actuation (DMVA) Action on the Beating Heart in Chronic Failure. ASAIO Journal 45:2-148; 1999.
  20. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Greenman RL, Ferrari VA, Dougherty L, Taylor MD, Zhu HL, Axel L. High Resolution Cardiac Imaging of the Rabbit at 4.0 Tesla. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 3, 1999.
  21. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Patel HJ, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Acker MA. Dynamic cardiomyoplasty decreases left ventricular long axis strain. ASAIO Journal;45:2 1148, 1999.
  22. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Dougherty L, Yuan Q, Patel HJ, Axel L, Acker MA. MR compatible gating system for imaging of dynamic cardiomyoplasty and cardiac pacing. ASAIO Journal;45:2 131, 1999.
  23. Dougherty L, Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Acker MA. Assessment of Canine Cardiomyoplasty Using Tissue Tagging at 4T. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Denver, April, 2000.
  24. Axel L, McCloud JE, Yuan Q, Pilla JJ, Brockman D, Ferrari VA, Acker MA. Initial Evaluation of an Integrated Approach to MRI Measurement of Cardiac Perfusion. Denver, April, 2000.
  25. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Pusca SV, Brockman DJ, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Acker MA. Left Ventricular Volume Reduction Improves Cardiac Function in a Chronic Canine Model of Heart Failure. Proceedings of the University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Biology Retreat. April, 2000, p.2.
  26. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Pusca SV, Brockman DJ, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Acker MA. Partial Left Ventriculectomy Improves Cardiac Function in a Chronic Model of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. ASAIO Journal 2000;46:2 169.
  27. Pilla JJ, Pusca SV, Brockman DJ, Beal M, Bowen F, Plappert PA, St John Sutton M, Acker MA. Volume reduction surgery returns cardiac function to baseline in a chronic model of left ventricular function. ISHLT 20th Annual Meeting (Poster), Osaka, Japan, April 2000.
  28. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Bowen FW, Plappert TA, St. John Sutton M, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Edmunds LH, Acker MA. Passive ventricular constraint preserves left ventricular function in an ovine model of acute myocardial infarction. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, October 2000.
  29. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Pusca SV, Brockman DJ, Beal M, Bowen FW, Jobes CS, Axel L, Acker MA. Evaluation of partial left ventriculectomy using tissue tagged magnetic resonance imaging. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, October 2000.
  30. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom AS, Yuan Q, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Placement of the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Results in Left Ventricular Reversed Remodeling and Improvement of Function in a Model of Heart Failure Secondary to Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2001;7(Suppl 2): 10.
  31. Yuan Q, Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Ferrari V, Greenman R, Acker MA, Axel L. Magnetization Transfer Contrast of In Vivo Normal and Infarcted Myocardium of Sheep, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Collaboration with the AHA. Atlanta, GA, January, 2001.
  32. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom AS, Yuan Q, Dougherty L, Bower FW, Giammarco J, Ferrari V, Acker MA. Limiting dilatation results in reversed remodeling and improvement of function in an acute infarct model of heart failure. XXIII Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, (Poster), Stockholm, Sweden, September 2001.
  33. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Ferrari VA, Beal M, Jobes C, Acker MA, Axel L. Partial Left Ventriculectomy Acutely Improves Cardiac Function as Assessed by Tissue-tagged MRI. Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 9:1877,2001.
  34. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Dougherty L, Giammarco J, Bowen F, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Acker MA, Axel L. Limiting Dilatation Decreases Infarct Size in an Ovine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 9:1876,2001.
  35. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Brockman DJ, Dougherty L, Bowen F, Giammarco J, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Acker MA, Axel L. Limiting Dilatation Improves Ventricular Function in a Model of Myocardial Infarction as Assessed by Tissue-tagged MRI. Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 9:447,2001.
  36. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom, AS, Yuan Q, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Placement of the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Results in Left Ventricular Reversed Remodeling and Improvement of Function in a Model of Heart Failure Secondary to Acute Myocardial Infarction. EACTS/ESTS Joint Meeting, 2001.
  37. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom, AS, Yuan Q, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Limiting Dilatation Results in Reversed Remodeling and Improvement of Function in an Acute Infarct Model Of Heart Failure. European Heart Journal 2001;22(Suppl): 679.
  38. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom, AS, Yuan Q, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Prevention of Dilatation Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Results in Reversed Remodeling and Improvement of Function. Circulation 2001 104;17:I-440.
  39. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Brockman DJ, Yuan Q, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Ventricular Constraint Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Limits Infarct Expansion. Circulation 2001 104;17:I-480.
  40. Pilla JJ, Blom, AS, Brockman DJ, Bowen F, Yuan Q, Giammarco J, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Ventricular Constraint Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Limits Infarct Expansion in an Ovine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2001;7(suppl2): 40.
  41. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom, AS, Yuan Q, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Prevention of Dilatation Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Results in Reversed Remodeling and Improvement of Function in a model of Heart Failure Secondary to Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2001;7(suppl2): 10.
  42. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom AS, Yuan Q, Acker MA. Passive Ventricular Constraint Improves Myocardial Energetics in a Model of Heart Failure Secondary to Acute Infarction. Accepted for presentation: American Association of Thoracic Surgery, December 2001.
  43. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Bowen F, Yuan Q, Giammarco J, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Ventricular Constraint Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device (CSD) Limits Post-Infarct Expansion After Myocardial Infarction. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Association For Thoracic Surgery, September, 2001.
  44. Blom AS, Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Bowen F, Yuan Q, Giammarco J, Ferrari VA, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA. Mechanical Ventricular Constraint Post Infarction Promotes Recovery of Stunned Myocardium. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 10:1679 2002.
  45. Blom AS, Gualtieri E, Pilla JJ, Xiaosong B, Giammarco J, Moainie S, Guy TS, Axel L. An Improved Method for Co-registration of In-vivo MR Images with Corresponding Ex-vivo Specimens. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 10:2465, 2002.
  46. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Brockman DJ, Yuan Q, Ferrari VA, Acker MA. Passive Ventricular Constraint in a Model of Heart Failure Secondary to Acute Infarction Improves Myocardial Energetics as Measured by MRI. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 10:1688 2002.
  47. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Acker MA, Ventricular constraint following acute MI improves global and regional function, Circulation, 107:19;161, 2003 .
  48. Pilla JJ, Dougherty L, First-pass Cardiac Perfusion Using a Novel Projection Reconstruction Imaging Technique, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 2003.
  49. Pilla JJ, Dougherty L, Ferrari V, Non-invasive MRI Method to Measure Arterial Function, Circulation, 107:19;169, 2003.
  50. Pilla JJ, Dougherty L, First-pass Cardiac Perfusion Using a Novel Projection Reconstruction Imaging Technique, Circulation, 107:19;145, 2003.
  51. Pilla JJ, Aaron S. Blom, John Affuso, Victor A. Ferrari, Joseph H. Gorman III, Robert C. Gorman, Michael A. Acker Early Mechanical Restraint Improves Border Zone Function During Infarction Induced Ventricular Remodeling, Accepted, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2004.
  52. Pilla JJ, Aaron S. Blom, John Affuso, Victor A. Ferrari, Joseph H. Gorman III, Robert C. Gorman, Michael A. Acker. Mechanical Restraint Improves Border Zone Function in a Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Accepted, Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2004.
  53. Pilla JJ, Brockman DJ, Blom AS, Affuso J, Gorman JH, Acker MA, Gorman RC. Early Post Infarction Ventricular Restraint Normalizes Borderzone Wall Thickening Dynamics during Remodeling. Accepted for Presentation, Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 2004.
  54. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Gorman JH, Brockman DJ, Affuso J, Parish L, Sakamoto H, Acker MA, Gorman RC. Early Post Infarction Ventricular Restraint Improves Borderzone Dynamics During Remodeling. Accepted, Heart Failure Society of America. 2005.
  55. Pilla JJ, Arkles J, Blom AS, Gorman JH, Acker MA, Gorman RC. Ventricular Restraint Prevents Infarct Expansion and Remodeling as Measured by a 3D Surface Model. Accepted, Heart Failure Society of America. 2005
  56. Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Affuso J, Gorman JH, Acker MA, Gorman RC. Early Post Infarction Ventricular Restraint Normalizes Borderzone Wall Thickening Dynamics as Assessed by Tissue-tagged MRI. Accepted for Presentation, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2005.
  57. Pilla JJ, Dougherty L, Song H, Blom AS, Affuso J, Gorman RC. Dynamic KWIC for High Temporal Resolution of Regional Myocardial Perfusion. Accepted for Presentation, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2005.

Patents:

Pilla, JJ: Method and Apparatus for Noninvasive Determination of Peripheral Arterial Lumenal Area. U.S. Patent 6,309,359 B1, 2001

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